Electrically operated currycomb



NOV. 24, 1942. Q PETERSON 2,303,089

ELECTRICALLY OPERATED CURRYCOMB Filed Aug. 29, 1941 E um: O. PereasonPatented Nov. 24, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ELECTRIOALLY OPERATEDCURRYCOMB Elmer 0. Peterson, Kirkland, Ill.

Application August 29, 1941, Serial No. 408,743 A 1 Claim.

This invention relates to electrically operated currycombs, and the mainobject of the invention is to provide an electrically operatedcurrycomb, so arranged that all dust and dirt are collected into a dustreceptacle, thus avoiding the unsanitary conditions attendant upon theuse of ordinary curryccmbs, where the dust is discharged promiscuouslyinto the surrounding atmosphere. With the stated object in view,together with such additional objects and advantages as may be developedin the specification, attention is directed to the accompanying drawing,wherein: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a currycomb constructed inaccordance with this invention. Figure 2 is a longitudinal verticalsection. Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section. Th inventioncomprises a housing 1, open at its under side, having a gear housing 2,anchored thereto by bolts or rivets 3, and having an air and dustconduit 4 connected to and opening into the top thereof, as clearlyshown in Figure 2.

A small electric motor 5 is rigidly mounted on the housing 2 and has itsextended shaft 6 journaled transversely through the housing 2. A suctionfan I is fixedly mounted on the shaft 6, at the inner mouth of theconduit 4, and is covered by an oifset fan housing 3 extended from thehousing I.

Shafts 9 and to are journaled transversely and in spaced relationthrough the housing l, within the ends thereof. Upon the forward shaft 9is rigidly mounted a cylindrical agitator ll having a corrugatedperiphery i2. Upon the rear shaft i is rigidly mounted a cylindricaldust brush l3.

Gear shafts Hi and I are journaled transversely in spaced relation inthe assembly, inwardly of the shafts 9 and I0, and intermeshing gearsit, i'l, l8, l9 are fixedly mounted on the outer ends of the shafts 9,l0, l4, IS. A drive pinion it is fixedly anchored on the motor shaft 6,in mesh with the gear 59 of the shaft [4, all of said gears beinglocated within the housing 2.

A dust receptacle (not shown) is connected at the outer end of theconduit or pipe 4. A handle 2| is mounted on the upper side of thehousing I.

The motor 5 is conventionally connected through a lead 22 to anysuitable source of electrical energy. a

Mounted as described, the agitator H and brush l3 protrude at the underand open side of the housing 1, ready for contacting the ammal uponwhich the currycomb is to be employed.

, It will be noted that constructed and assembled as aforesaid, theagitator II and-the brush i3, will when the motor 5 is energized, rotatein opposite directions and so that their impulses to travel or move overthe surface of the animal operated on, will cancel and neutralize eachother, thus confining the energy of the device entirely to the functionand purpose of cleaning the dust from the hide of the animal.

In use,,the device is electrically energized and moved slowly over thehide of the animal, where. at the agitator H and brush l3 cooperate tostir up and loosen the dirt and dust from the hide of the animal, andthe'suction fan 1 acts to draw and blow the dust and dirt through theconduit 4 into the receptacle provided therefor.

It is thought the construction, use and operation of the device will befully understood from the foregoing description, and while I have hereinshown and described a certain embodiment of the invention and certainspecific structural features thereof, it is understood that minorchanges and alterations may be made, Within the scope of the claim.

I claim: I

In a device of the kind described, a brushhousing oblong on a horizontalsection and open at its under side, an offset fan housing atop thebrushhousing, an air and dust conduit connect-' ed to and leading fromthe fan housing, a flattened gear housing anchored to one side of thebrush housingand having a, portion extended upwardly in lateralalignment with the fan housing, a small electric motor anchoredoutwardly upon said upwardly extended portion of the gear housing, theextended shaft thereof being journaled transversely through the'gearhousing, a

within the gear housing and in mesh with one of the inwardly locatedgears of the gear shafts, whereby the motor may rotate the agitator andbrush cylinders reversely to one another.

ELAIER O. PE'I'ERSCN.

